Vehicle-body



WILLIAM N. MORRELL AND CHARLES STATES "PATENT -@FFIGE.

A. EDDY, or WATERLOO, NEW YORK.

VEHICLE-BODY.

, *SPECIFIC A'IIQN forming part of Letters Ifatent No. 412,779, dated October 15, 1889.

i I Application filed July ll, 1889. Serial No. 317,141. (No model.)

To 'ttlliwhom itmaly' concern..-

- Be it known that we, WILLIAM N. MORRELL and OHA'RLEs A.".EDDY," citizens of the United States, and residents of Waterloo, in the county of Seneca-and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Bodies, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in that class of wagons in which the body is arched to permit the forward wheels to be turned more or less underneath it, in order that comparatively short turns may be made with facility. Heretofore various means have been employed for the purpose of constructing such arches, and which would serve as a seat-support, as well as aids for connecting the front and rear portions of bodies consisting in part of frame-work made of wood orfor strengthening these parts or portions. Among these, iron or metallic sills and metal arches have been used for the purposes referred to; l and our improvements relate to irons of this class, and consist in certain novel features of construction, all of which willher'eiuafter' be more particularly described in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, in which- Figure l is a side view of a vehicle-body provided with irons embodying our. invention. "Fig. 2 is a like representation of one of the irons detached. Fig. 3 is a top view of the iron shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is also a top view of one of the said irons, showing a modification inform; and Fig. 5 is a section in the plane of the line x w of Fig. 2.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

A' represents the dash-board; B, the footrest or forward part of the floor of the body; C, the seat, and D is a platform or horizontal extension next behind the arch E. The side bars, rockers, or sills a a, as will be perceived,

do not extend across or underneath the arch.

F represents one of the arch-irons or un dercut pieces, it being understood that two such parts are employed-one at each side of the body or arch.

The arches F We deem it best in practice to make of malleable iron; but they may, instead, be made of any other" suitable metal. The distinctive features of the :arch-iron are the arched portion b, the arms'or horizontal extensions b b, projecting, one forward and the other rearward, from the lower parts or ends of the arched portion, respectively, and the upper part or seat-supporting extension I). All of these parts are fiat or are in the same vertical plane, slanting upward when applied to use, or then having one edge above the other, as shown.

To facilitate the work of attaching the seat b by means of depending legs (1 and d, and

the latter, as shown, may extend to and unite with the forward extension I), as is clearly indicated in Fig. 2; but these are minor or subordinate details of construction not absolutely essential to the principal features of our invention. For the purpose of ornamentation or finish we may cover the forward extension (1 with a rib or bead of wood 6 and extend the same to, or nearly to, the dashboard, as shown in Fig. 1. The Wooden parts or frame of the body may be connected to the iron areh F by means of bolts and nuts, screws, or other suitable well-known fastenings. The seat may be likewise connected thereto and the wooden parts joined to each other, as may be deemed best.

It will be perceived from the foregoing description and from reference to the drawings that the iron arches constitute the meansfor supporting the seat and for connecting the forward and rear portions of the body, and that no other connections interfering with the purpose of the arch need be employed.

In Fig. 3 we have shown the rear extension class referred to, may be omitted, the front Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

1. In an arched vehicle-body, a pair of arched metallic-side pieces having sill-lapping extensions and seat-supports, in combination with body side bars or sills terminating at or ners of the said metallic arches, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. The combination, in an arched vehiclebody, of the arched metallic side pieces F F, having a T-shaped seat-supporting rail or bar at or near its top or apex, and also having sill-lapping extensions 19' b projecting forwardly and rearwardly from the lower ends or corners of the said metallic arches, respectively, and the body side bars or sills terminating at or near the said corners, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

4. The combination, in an arched vehiclebody, of the arched metallic side pieces F F, having thereon a seat-supporting rail b",with depending arms d and d, uniting'the said side pieces, and the latter also having the sil1-'lappingextensions b b, and the body side bars or sills terminating at or near the lower corners of the said arches, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

Signed at \Vaterloo, in the county of Seneca and State of New York, this 8th day of July,

WILLIAM N. MORE-ELL. CHARLES A. EDDY.

Witnesses:

E. B. FORCE,

O. F. REYNOLDS. 

